Catherine Barsotti Profesor Visitante Escuela de Teología Departamento Hispano
johnston@fuller.edu		Biografía Cathy has enjoyed weaving the two threads of economics and theology throughout her life. She has worked in the business world, as a real estate appraiser for over twenty years, first for Bank of America, and then establishing her own business. She has also worked in diverse ministry contexts within the Anglo and Latino communities, from being a short-term missionary in Mexico, to youth minister, to part-time associate pastor, to chaplain at a center for abused women and children. She mostly finds herself in urban settings, which she loves. From 1997-2002 she used her combination of skills as the Director of Development for Centro Hispano de Estudios Teológicos (CHET)--a Latino ministry training center in southeast Los Angeles. Currently her focus is teaching, and consulting with Christian non-profit organizations. She regularly teaches courses at CHET in the areas of theology, ethics, and spirituality (in Spanish). Together with her husband, Rob Johnston, she has been writing movie reviews for “The Covenant Companion” and “Faith@Work” for the last nine years. They also co-authored the 2004 book, Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith.
Educación B.A. (Economics), University of California, David, CA, USA M.C.S. (Cross-cultural Ministries), New College Berkeley, CA, USA M.Div., Pacific School of Religion, CA, USA
Publicaciones, Escritos
		Books Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2004. (with Robert Johnston) Articles " Entertaining Faith: Finding God in the Movies," Breakpoint Worldview (July- August, 2004): 10-15. (with Robert Johnston). Book Reviews "Considering the Feminine Face of God," Catalyst 22, No. 4 (April 1996): 5, 8. Reviews of Is It Okay to Call God “Mother” (Hendrickson, 1993) and Memories of God: Theological Reflections on a Life (Abingdon, 1995). Film Reviews " A Balm in Gilead," The Covenant Companion 85, No. 11 (November 1996): 30-31. Review of The Spitfire Grill. (with Robert Johnston) “It’s a Sin to Eat Bad Ice Cream,” The Covenant Companion 86, No. 1 (January 1997): 31. Review of Big Night. (with Robert Johnston) “Angels in Many Guises,” The Covenant Companion 86, No. 3 (March 1997): 23. Review of Entertaining Angels, The Preachers Wife, and Michael. (with Robert Johnston) “A Film to Gander At,” The Covenant Companion 86, No. 5 (May 1997): 27. Review of Fly Away Home. (with Robert Johnston) “Bad Music? Bad History? But Good Story...and Hope,” The Covenant Companion 86, No.7 (July 1997): 39. Review of Shine. (with Robert Johnston) “A Sister’s Act--Worship and Mission,” The Covenant Companion 86, No. 9 (September 1997): 28. Review of Sister Act. (with Robert Johnston) “Bringing Home the Gold,” The Covenant Companion 86, No. 11 (November 1997): 31. Review of Ulee’s Gold. (with Robert Johnston) “‘ Trust and Enjoy’: For There’s No Other Way,” The Covenant Companion 87, No. 1 (January 1998): 23. Review of Shall We Dance?. (with Robert Johnston) “Amistad,” The Covenant Companion 87, No. 3 (March 1998): 33. (with Robert Johnston) “A ‘Holy-Ghost, Jesus-Filled, Preachin’ Machine,” The Covenant Companion 87, No. 5. (May 1998): 29. Review of The Apostle. (with Robert Johnston) “Tender Mercies: The Gift of the Ordinary,” The Covenant Companion 87, No. 7. (July 1998): 45. Review of Tender Mercies. (with Robert Johnston). Reprinted in Faith @ Work 116, No. 2 (Summer 2003): 23. “ A Citizen of Two Worlds,” The Covenant Companion 87, No. 9. (September 1998): 29. Review of The Truman Show. (with Robert Johnston) “Father’s Friends, Forgiveness - Learning from Native Americans,” The Covenant Companion 87, No. 11 (November 1998): 23. Review of Smoke Signals. (with Robert Johnston) “Life is Beautiful,” The Covenant Companion 88, No. 3 (March 1999): 30. Review of Life is Beautiful. (with Robert Johnston) “Contagious faith, even in the midst of bad reviews,” The Covenant Companion 88, No. 5 (May 1999):27. Review of Simon Birch. (with Robert Johnston) “Patch Adams, Dr. Teddy, Dr. Nordlund and Uncle Paul,” The Covenant Companion 88, No. 7 (July 1999):35. Review of Patch Adams. (with Robert Johnston) “The Eyes have it,” The Covenant Companion 88, No. 9 (September 1999):29. Review of Becket. (with Robert Johnston) “Living Dangerously,” The Covenant Companion 88, No. 11 (November 1999):29. Review of The Year of Living Dangerously. (with Robert Johnston) “Getting it Straight,” The Covenant Companion 89, No. 1 (January 2000): 29. Review of The Straight Story. (with Robert Johnston) “A Giant of a Movie,” The Covenant Companion 89, No. 3 (March 2000): 29. Review of The Iron Giant. (with Robert Johnston) “Finding God In Hollywood,” The Covenant Companion 89, No. 5 (May, 2000): 31. Review of The Third Miracle, et al. (with Robert Johnston) “And Now for Something Gold, New, Different,” The Covenant Companion 89, No. 7 (July 2000): 29. Review of Fantasia 2000. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith @ Work 116, No. 3 (Fall 2003): 25. “Two Morality Plays,” The Covenant Companion 89, No. 9 (September 2000): 27. Review of Gladiator and The Patriot. (with Robert Johnston) “Heroes – Comic Book and Real Life,” The Covenant Companion 89, No. 11 (November 2000): 29. Review of X-Men and The Hurricane. (with Robert Johnston) “When Random Acts of Kindness Aren’t So Random,” The Covenant Companion 90, No. 1 (January 2001): 29. Review of Pay it Forward. (with Robert Johnston) “Easter Chocolat,” The Covenant Companion 90, No. 3 (March 2001): 29. Review of Chocolat. (with Robert Johnston) “Dance and Football: Lessons on Life,” The Covenant Companion 90, No. 5 (May 2001): 29. Reviews of Save the Last Dance and Remember the Titans. (with Robert Johnston) “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon… and the Church Today,” The Covenant Companion 90, No. 7 (July 2001): 22-23. Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. (with Robert Johnston) “Marveling at the Goodness of Life with Billy Elliot,” The Covenant Companion 90, No. 9 (September 2001): 29-30. Review of Billy Elliot. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith @ Work 115, No. 3 (Fall 2002): 25. “A Kiss is but a Kiss… or is it?,” The Covenant Companion 90, No. 11 (November 2001): 24-25. Review of Planet of the Apes. (with Robert Johnston) “Finding Hope in a ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’,” The Covenant Companion 91, No. 1 (January 2002): 28-29. Review of Fearless. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith @Work 115, No. 1 (Spring 2002): 26. “Judas and the Forgiveness of God,” The Covenant Companion 91, No. 3 (March 2002): 28-29. Review of Judas and Jesus. (with Robert Johnston) “Three Beautiful Minds, Three Devoted Hearts,” The Covenant Companion 91, No. 5 (May 2002): 28-29. Reviews of A Beautiful Mind, I Am Sam, and Iris. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith @ Work 115, No. 2 (Summer 2002): 24. “Winning the Game of Life,” The Covenant Companion 91, No. 7 (July 2002): 21-22. Review of The Rookie. (with Robert Johnston) “To the Least and the Lonely, such Is the Good News of Love,” The Covenant Companion 91, No. 9 (September 2002): 21-22. Review of Italian for Beginners. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith @ Work 115, No. 4 (Winter 2003): 24. “Faith and Family – A Sign of the Times?” The Covenant Companion 91, No. 11 (November 2002): 24-25. Reviews of Signs and K-Pax. (with Robert Johnston) “War – Real or Reel – What Can We Learn,” The Covenant Companion 92, No. 1 (January 2003): ??. Reviews of No Man’s Land and We Were Soldiers. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith @ Work 116, No. 1 (Spring 2003): 25. “Abandoned, Abused…but Invited to the Banquet,” The Covenant Companion 92, No. 3 (March 2003): 22-23. Review of Antwone Fisher. (with Robert Johnston) “Family Celebrations – A Practicum in Diversity,” The Covenant Companion 92, No. 5 (May 2003): 21-22. Reviews of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Monsoon Wedding. (with Robert Johnston) “No ‘Man’ Is an Island,” The Covenant Companion 92, No. 7 (July 2003): 24-25. Review of About a Boy. (with Robert Johnston) “I’ve Got the Power,” The Covenant Companion 92, No.9 (September 2003): 24-25. Review of Bruce Almighty. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted as “Bruce Almighty,” in Faith@Work 116, No. 4 (Winter 2004): 25. “spirit, spirits, and the Spirit,” The Covenant Companion 92, No. 11 (November 2003): 22-23. Review of Spirited Away. (with Robert Johnston) “An Unlikely Friendship,” The Covenant Companion 93, No. 1 (January 2004): 21-22. Review of Radio. (with Robert Johnston) “Experiencing The Passion: A Personal Reflection on Mel Gibson’s New Movie,” Faith@Work 117, No. 1 (Spring 2004):25-26. (with Robert Johnston) “A Bakers’ Dozen from 2003,” The Covenant Companion 93, No. 3 (March 2004): 23-24. (with Robert Johnston) “And a little child shall lead them,” The Covenant Companion 93, No. 5 (May 2004): 23-24. Review of Whale Rider. (with Robert Johnston) “A Docu-Journey of Faith and Art,” The Covenant Companion 93, No. 7 (July 2004): 22-23. Review of Divining the Human: The Cathedral Tapestries of John Nava. (with Robert Johnston) “Beauty beyond Botox – Shrek 2,” The Covenant Companion 93, No. 9 (September 2004): 25-26. Review of Shrek 2. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith@Work 117, No.3 (Fall 2004): 27. "Dealing with Our Political Fears," The Covenant Companion 93, No.11 (November 2004): 28-29. Review of The Manchurian Candidate. (with Robert Johnston) Reprinted in Faith@Work 117, No. 4 (Winter 2004): 27. “So Far and Yet So Near,” The Covenant Companion 94, No. 1 (January 2005): Review of The Story of the Weeping Camel. (with Robert Johnston) Selected Lectures/Presentations Speaker (with Robert Johnston), MCSI/Zadok Conference, “Spirituality under the Sun: at work (study) and pleasure in Ecclesiastes & contemporary culture,” Sydney, NSW, Australia, July 23-25, 2004. “Using Movies in Preaching” (with Robert Johnston), Morling College, Sydney, NSW, Australia, July 26, 2004. Repeated at Bible College of Victoria, Lilydale, VIC, Australia, August 10, 2004. “Art and Worship” Workshop (with Robert Johnston), United Theological College, North Parramatta, NSW, Australia, August 6, 2004. “Creative Communication Using Movies” (with Robert Johnston), “Messiness and Mystery,” St. Matthew’s Community Church, Endeavour Hills, VIC, Australia, August 7-8, 2004. “Using Movies in the Life of the Church” (with Robert Johnston),” St. Hilary’s Anglican Church, Kew, VIC, Australia, August 8-9, 2004. “Finding God in the Movies” (with Robert Johnston), Bible College of Victoria, Lilydale, VIC, Australia, August 10, 2004. “Los Arroyos/The Streams of Christian Spirituality in Latin America,” Guest lecturer in the School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, May 24, 2004. “Adventures in Reel Faith,” Retreat speaker and facilitator (with Robert Johnston) for the Sierra Pacific Synod Clergy & Spouse Retreat of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Pacific Grove, CA, February 15-17, 2004. “Faith and Film,” Speaker and facilitator (with Robert Johnston) for “Journeys in Faith” conference at La Jolla Presbyterian Church, La Jolla, January 23-25, 2004. “Issues of Power,” Speaker and facilitator for the Executive Board of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Walnut Creek, CA, August 7-8, 2003. “Film and Faith,” Speaker (with Robert Johnston) for public lecture series at the Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara, CA, June 20, 2003. Renaissance Institute (for invited business, education, spiritual, political leaders and their families), regular yearly presenter on Religion and Everyday Life, -Renaissance Weekend, Hilton Head, SC, 1997 -Renaissance Weekend, Kiawah Island, SC, 1998 -Renaissance Weekend, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1999 -Renaissance Weekend, Beaver Creek, CO, 2000 -Renaissance Weekend, Aspen, CO, August 30— September 3, 2001. -Renaissance Institute, Beaver Creek, CO, August 29 – Sept. 2, 2002. -Renaissance Weekend, Beaver Creek, CO, August 29 – Sept. 1, 2003. -Renaissance Institute, Monterey, CA, September 2-6, 2004. .